Innovative Vigo

The city facing the future

Vigo is innovation. It’s talent. The city not only has an industrial past, it’s also the place to design the future’s industry. Discover a few reasons for travelling to Vigo on business.

The people of Vigo are the most enterprising Galicians. There are numerous future projects added to the automobile industry cluster and leading fishing industry, keeping the city at the top regarding Research, Development and Innovation (RDI). For example, the electric car: Vigo is one of the leading European cities in the development of these vehicles’ full potential, and they’re being manufactured here.

The University of Vigo has five research centres and is one of the leaders in this field: its latest milestone was creating the Xatcobeo satellite, already in orbit, to test a reconfigurable radio software in flight, to check the effects of radiation from Van Allen’s rings and deploy solar panels.

We also research to understand and preserve our marine environment. Institutions such as the Vigo Oceanographic Centre have been studying the conditions for the development of aquaculture since 1917, and the Campus do Mar has also been carrying out important research.

The Free Zone Consortium is taking steps towards the creation of the future Innovation Factory, a centre of excellence to help small and medium enterprises in RDI. There’s also the promotion of conferences and conventions to plan the Vigo of the future, like the Vigo Innovation Forum.